Raipur: Code of Conduct implemented for civic and panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh Now the code of conduct has been implemented for urban body and panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh. Urban body elections will be held in one phase, while panchayat elections will be held in three phases. The nomination process for urban body elections will start from January 22, and nomination for the first phase of panchayat elections will start from January 27. Urban body elections will be over in the state before the board exams. Number of voters: A total of 78 lakh 20 thousand 202 men and 79 lakh 92 thousand 184 women will vote in the panchayat elections. When will voting take place: State Election Commissioner Ajay Singh said that the urban body elections will be held in a single phase on February 11, and the results will be declared on February 15. At the same time, panchayat elections will be held in three phases, in which the first phase of voting will be held on February 17, the second phase on February 20 and the third phase on February 23. The results of the panchayat elections will be declared at different times on February 18, 21 and 24. Key dates of elections: Nominations for urban body elections will be from January 22 to 28, and withdrawal of nominations will be done by January 31. Voting will be held on February 11 and results will be declared on February 15.
Nominations for panchayat elections will start from January 27 and withdrawal of nominations will be done by February 6. Voting will be held in three phases and results will also be declared in three phases. Voters of urban body elections: Elections will be held in 10 municipal corporations, 49 municipalities and 114 nagar panchayats in the state. By-elections will also be held in some wards of Durg and Sukma. There are a total of 22 lakh 525 male and 22 lakh 73 thousand 232 female voters in the municipalities. A total of 5970 polling stations have been set up for these elections, out of which 1531 centers have been considered sensitive and 132 centers are considered very sensitive. In which municipal corporations will the elections be held: Elections will be held in 10 big municipal corporations of the state, which include Ambikapur, Korba, Chirmiri, Jagdalpur, Durg, Dhamtari, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh and Raipur. Apart from this, voting will also take place in 49 Nagar Palikas and 114 Nagar Panchayats. Number of posts for Panchayat elections: During the Panchayat elections, voting will take place for 433 posts of Zila Panchayat, 2973 posts of Janpad Panchayat, 11,672 posts of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat and 1 lakh 60 thousand 180 posts of Ward Panch.